Perfect for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and David Foster Wallace, this fearlessly funny, outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friendsâone a failed-writer-turned-reluctant-cop, the other an unlucky criminalâis âa delightful literary novelâ (Psychology Today) from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz.
Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As Aldoâs luck worsens, Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friendâs exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love: his ex-wife, Stella. What begins as an attempt to make sense of Aldoâs mishaps spirals into a profound story of faith and friendship.
âSteve Toltz channels a poetâs delight in crafting the perfect phrase on every highly quotable pageâ (Publishers Weekly). With the same originality, brilliance, and buoyancy that catapulted his first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, onto prize lists around the world, Toltz has created a rousing, hysterically funny but unapologetically dark satire about love, faith, friendship, and the artistâs obligation to his muse. Quicksand is a subversive portrait of twenty-first-century society in all its hypocrisy and absurdity that âconfounds and astonishes in equal measure, often on the same pageâĻA tour de forceâ (Australian Book Review).
Perfect for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and David Foster Wallace, this fearlessly funny, outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friendsâone a failed-writer-turned-reluctant-cop, the other an unlucky criminalâis âa delightful literary novelâ (Psychology Today) from Man Booker ...